Bed attachment.



No. 716,886'. Penman: uw. so, 1902.

- a. Gouna.

BED ATTACHMENT.

` (Application led Nov. 30, 1900,)

(Ilo Model.) 2 ShsetsfShaet L XML, Attorney.

No., 716,886. Patented Dc. 30,v |902.

` s. Gouna.l y BED ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Nov, au, woo.) Y

`, (Hu Model.) r 2 Sheets-Shut 2.

:Witnesses Y Inventor.

Mm@ f i KQ Attorney.

UNITE STATES n'rnNr OFFICE.

GEORGE GOODE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO ROBERT A. VAN ALLAN AND CHARLES A. SCHMIDT, OFROCHESTER, NEWr YORK, AND RICHARD W. GOODE, OF

BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BED ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,886, dated December30, 19027.

l Application filed November 30, 1900. Serial No. 38,082. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t Ina/y concern/.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE Goonn, of Roch-` ester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed Attachments; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and

zo to the reference-numerals marked lthereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide a device capabie ofattachment to beds of various styles and sizesand adapted to be used formoving invalids or other persons thereon withoutinconvenience ordiscomfort for the purpose ofzchangin g his position or to facilitatehis entrance or removal; and to these ends my invention consists incertain improvements and combination of zo parts, all as will behereinafter fully described, and the novel features pointed outV in theclaims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of a bed, illustratingtheapplication of my invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of anend of the bed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View on the line aofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged end view of one side of theattaching-frame, and Fig. 5 is a sectional 3o view on the line y 'y ofFig. 4. Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the attachment and a bed towhich it is applied. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the attachmentremoved.

Similar reference-numerals in the several 3 5 figures indicate similarparts.V`

In illustrating my invention I have shown it applied to a bed having theusual head and foot portions 1, supporting the usual rectangular frame,consisting of the side rails 2 and 4o end pieces 3, between which arecarried the bed-springs supporting the mattress fi.

The device embodies, generally, a movable web or sheet 5, extendingacross the top of the mattress and connected at its ends to rollers 6`6', adapted to be operated alternately by a single. operating mechanismto move the web to one side 4or the other of the bed, as will bedescribed.

In order to adapt the invention to beds of the usual construction, Iarrange end frames embodying a bar or tube 7, to the ends of which areattached elbows 8, carrying bearings 9, adapted to receive journals orarbors 10 in the ends of the rollers 6 6. Mounted upon the tubes 7 andjust within the elbows 8 are located brackets or supports 1l, the upperends of which are bent inward, as shown at 12, and thoseupon the sameside, but at opposite ends, of the bed are connected by angle bars 13,secured by bolts 14. The brackets 11 are shown as constructed of a stripof iiat material, the lower end ofowhich is secured to the tube 7 bybeing wrapped around it and the lapping portions fastened by bolts 11',and by loosening the latter the supports may be adj usted on the bar tovary Ythe relative position of the .side bars 14.

These angle-bars are supported at the edges of ,the mattress -1 in linewith the top thereof, and upon their outer edges are guide-rollers oridlers 15, journaled in brackets 16. The frames may be made in varioussizes to fit beds of different widths, and to permit a relativeadjustment of the side portions or side bars 13 to closely approach thesides of the mattress Vor for other purposes I provide a turnbuckle 17in the bar or tube 7.

The web or sheet 5, composed of canvas or `any suitable material, isconsiderably greater in length than the width of .the bed, and its endsextending over-the guides or idlers 15 are attached to the rollers 6 6',and the loose or eXtra portion thereof is wound upon said rollers untilit is stretched tightly across the mattress. From this arrangementitwill be seen that an invalid reposing uponV the canvas belt or web canbe carried or moved from one side of the bed to the other by revolvingeither of the rollers. To adapt a single operating device forrotatingthe latter, I provide sprocket-Wheels 2O and 20', the formerrigidly attached to the roller 6 and the latter loosely supported on thejournal-pin or arbor 10 of the roller 6', and the two sprocket-wheelsare connected for simultaneous operation by a chain 21. Also mounted onthe arbor 10 is an operating-wheel 22, the hub 23 of which is providedwith a transversely-movable bolt 25,the inner end of which is adapted tocooperate with apertures 26 in the sprocket-wheel 20 when it is desiredto move the web or sheet to the left by winding.,r it upon the roller 6.A face-plate or disk 27, secured to the arbor 10 by a key 28, isprovided with a series of apertures 29, with which the outer end of thebolt is engaged when it is desired to move the web to the right bywinding it on the roller 6. A suitable knob 30, attached to the bolt bya screw 3l extending through a slot 32 in the hub 23, forms a convenientmeans for manipulating the bolt to connect the operating-wheel 22 withthe sprocket 20' or the disk or plate 27. From this construction it willbe seen that either of the web-rollers 6 or 6' can be operated to movethe web in the desired direction, and the changing diameter of therollers as the web is wound thereon will not aiect Iits tension or causethe chain to bind on the sprocketwheels as the roller from which the webis drawn is loose. It will be further noticed that while the rollers arenormally disconnected and the operating-wheel 22 is adapted to bealternately connected to the rollers through the sprocket-wheel 20/ andthe disk or plate 27 the rollers may be connected by shifting the bolt25 so that its opposite ends will engage in the apertures 26 and 29 andthe independent movement of the rollers or their movement in oppositedirections is prevented. This arrangement of the device permits lockingthe rollers to prevent the unwinding of the web or canvas 5, so that themattress 4 may be removed and replaced, if desired, without disturbingthe patient.

Attachments such as I have described are simple and consisting of fewparts are easily constructed and may be readily adapted to any width orstyle of bed. The web or sheet lying flat upon the mattress will permita patient to be moved to a comfortable position thereon without lifting,and if it is desired to remove him from the bed entirely he may be movedclose to one edge thereof in a convenient position for the assistant totransfer him to a chair, stretcher, or commode, or, as will beunderstood, a patient may be placed in the bed without lifting orrolling him.

I claim as my inventionl. An attachment for beds embodying a frame, aweb or sheet extending across the latter, winding rollers thereon and asingle operating device, and means for connecting the latter to eitheror both rollers whereby the web may be moved from side to side of theframe.

2. The combination with a bed, a frame mounted thereon consisting of endportions and side portions extending between the latter and relativelyadjustable thereon, and rollers mounted on the frame, of a web or sheethaving its ends wound upon the rollers and attached thereto, and meansfor operating the rollers.

3. In a bed attachment, the combination with end fram es,side barsextending between the latter and adjustably secured thereto and guidesmounted on the bars, of rollers supported on the end frames, and a webor sheet extending over the guides and having its ends attached to therollers. i

4. In an attachment for beds, the combination with end frames, rollersextending between the ends of the latter, and adjusting devices on saidframes for varying the distance between the rollers, of side barsextending between the end frames, adjustable connections between theparts whereby the bars may be moved independently thereon and a web orsheet extending across the bars having its ends attached to the rollers.

5. In a bed attachment embodying end frames, rollers extending betweentheir ends and adjusting devices on the frame for varying the distancebetween the rollers, the combination with side bars connecting theframes arranged between the rollers, and rollers on the bars formingguides, of a web or sheet extending over the guides and havingits endsattached to the rollers on the frame.

6. In a bed attachment, the combination with a frame having windingdrums or rollers supported in bearings at its opposite sides and a webor sheet extending over the frame and having its ends attached to therollers, of a clutch memberI secured to one of' the rollers, a clutchmember mounted loosely on said roller, connections between the lattermember and the other roller, and an operating device adapted to engageeither clutch member to revolve the rollers.

7. In an attachment for beds, the combination witha frame having rollersthereon, and a web or sheet extending over the frame and having its endsattached to the rollers, of a stationary clutch member secured to one ofthe rollers, a movable clutch member mounted on said roller, connectionsbetween the movable clutch member andthe other roller, and anoperating-wheel arranged loosely upon the rst-mentioned roller having anengaging device adapted to engage either clutch member whereby either ofthe rollers can be operated independently.

8. In an attachment for beds, the combination with a frame havingrollers arranged upon its opposite sides, a web or sheet extending overthe frame and attached at its ends to the rollers, of a disk secured toone of the rollers, a sprocket-wheel loosely mounted on said roller, andconnections between the latter and the other roller, an operating-wheeljournaled between the disk and sprocketwheel, and adjustable means forengaging either the disk or sprocket-wheel with the operating-wheel.

9. In an attachment for beds, the combination with-a frame havingrollers arranged upon its opposite sides, a web or sheet extending overthe frame having its ends attached to the rollers, of a disk secured toone of the IOO rollers and having the apertures, a sprocketwheeljournaled on said roller provided with apertnres,and operatingconnections between the sprocket-wheel and opposite roller, an op-Verating-wheel located between the sprocket- Wheel and disk, and amovable member on the Wheel adapted to engage the apertures in eitherthe disk orv sprocket-wheel.

10. The combination with a frame, a web or sheet extending across thelatter, and winding-rollers attached to the web, of connections betweenthe rollers, normally disengaged from one of them, an operatin g device,and a clutch connectionradapted to connect either roller with saidoperating device and to connect said rollers against independentoperation.

1l. The combination with a bed, rollers arranged at opposite sidesthereof, and a web or sheet extending over the bed and having its endsatt-ached to the rollers, of a single operating device, detachableconnections between the latter and the rollers, and a single lockingdevice adapted to lock both of the rollers together.

12. In an attachment for beds,the combination with a frame havingrollers arranged upon its opposite sides, a web or sheet extending overthe frame having its ends attached to the rollers, of a disk secured toone of the rollers, a sprocket-wheel, and operating connections betweenthe sprocket-wheel and the opposite roller, an operating-Wheel arrangedbetween the sprocket-wheel and disk, and a movable member on the Wheelcapable of engaging either the disk or sprocket separately or of lockingthem in engagement.

13. The combination with a bed, rollers arranged aty opposite sidesthereof, and a web or 'sheet extending over the bed and having its endsattached to the rollers, of a sprocketwheel loosely carried on one ofthe'rollers, op-

erating connections between the latter and the opposite roller, andlocking means between the sprocket-wheel and the rst-menltioned roller,asingleoperating device mounted upon 'one of the rollers and adaptedtobe connected with either one ofthe rollers.

GEORGE GooDE.

W'itnesses:

G. WILLARD RICH, WALTER B. PAYNE.

